Friction = The time, money, and effort lost in getting
what you want.
Difficulty: Real and
Perceived
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Real Friction Form Fields Steps in Checkout Process Instructions “What am I supposed to do?” ANYTHING in Conversion Sequence
High Friction
High Friction
$4,000,000,000,000.
2015 Est. – Business Insider
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Near-Zero Friction
Security Friction
“Imaginary” Friction &
Cognitive Fluency
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Difficulty Cooties
Design & Naming Choices
Your App, Order
Process, etc.
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Difficult = Risky
“Magnalroxate” “Hnegripitrom”
Safer è è è More Dangerous
Difficult = Risky
“Chunta” “Vaiveahtoishi”
Safer è è è More Dangerous
Easy = True
Fluency & Image Placement
Go with the flow!
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Image Placement
More Fluent & Believable Less Fluent & Believable
Fluency & Design Choices
Confession Site
I believe God is on IRC and that I have found him. Sometimes I sympathize with other prophets of the past because no one believe me and I fear it will soon be too late to save mankind.
Confession Site
I believe God is on IRC and that I have found him. Sometimes I sympathize with other prophets of the past because no one believe me and I fear it will soon be too late to save mankind.
More “fluent” site = More revealing posts
Drunk Tank Pink, Alter
17% couldn’t decide.
40%
couldn’t decide.
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Minimize perceived friction with simple fonts, short text,